Startup Professionals Musings

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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. small businesses.

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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes

Startup Professionals Musings

The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2010 ” from Ad-ology, lead generation is the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them.